Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina emphasizes on opening up the carbon market to ensure justice
Dhaka, April 4, 2021: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed on the need to open up the international carbon market to ensure climate justice and find ways to prevent damage due to natural disasters.
She emphasized this in an article titled 'Dhaka-Glasgow CVF-COP-28 Solidarity Strengthening' published in the famous 'Diplomat' magazine. In this article published in the April 2021 issue of the magazine, Sheikh Hasina called upon all to unite to make this war against nature meaningful.
"We want to see an open international carbon market to strengthen climate cooperation and find ways to prevent erosion and climate injustice," she said.
As the Chairperson of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina noted that every member state of the CVF, like Bangladesh, has irreparable damage due to climate change. But these countries have little role to play in global carbon emissions. Now is the time to address this climate injustice.
Calling on all to remain united in the war against nature, Sheikh Hasina said, "If all are not united, we will lose." "People are consciously destroying the environment in which we live," he said.
Sheikh Hasina said, "Which world are we leaving for the people of Greta Thunberg or Bangladesh Coastal Youth Action Hub?" We cannot fail them about COP26. We want to see the release of climate funds. And not just for low-carbon countries, but for the ১০ 1 trillion pledged and 50 percent of climate resilience.
She added that 2 per cent of GDP is spent every year due to extreme climate change. He also mentioned that at the end of the century it will stand at 9 percent. He noted that by 2050, more than 16 percent of coastal areas will be submerged. It will displace 30 million people.
Sheikh Hasina said 6 million people have already been displaced due to climate change. In addition, the country is still under pressure to provide shelter to 1.1 million Rohingya from Myanmar at the cost of the Cox's Bazar environmental disaster.
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh emphasized the importance of building a strong CVF-COP alliance. We want a Dhaka-Glasgow-CVF-COP 28 announcement at the November conference. We would like to see the climate-risk countries meet the ambitious NDCS conditions on behalf of the G20 countries before the COP-28.
